Defeat can be a new dawn for the Liberals; VERDICT '07 - Howard's Legacy First Edition

John Howard's greatest legacy will be the size of his defeat. This will set in train consequences which will change the Liberal Party and the country. The Liberal Party is now out of power everywhere, and it will have to rebuild. Without Howard's social conservatism sitting like a capstone...

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Published inSydney morning herald
Main Author Judith Brett - Judith Brett teaches politics at La Trobe University. She is the author of Quarterly Essay 28, Exit Right: The Unravelling of John Howard, which will be out in mid-December
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sydney, N.S.W Fairfax Digital 26.11.2007
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Summary:John Howard's greatest legacy will be the size of his defeat. This will set in train consequences which will change the Liberal Party and the country. The Liberal Party is now out of power everywhere, and it will have to rebuild. Without Howard's social conservatism sitting like a capstone on the party, it can modernise, to open out to a much wider range of social and cultural ideas and to bring in a new generation of politicians. The country can move forward on the republic and reconciliation, the two items that have been on hold since Paul Keating's defeat.
ISSN:0312-6315